Sea Fisheries Act 1875
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1875 c. 15 |
| Year | 1875 |
Sea Fisheries Act, 1875
(38 & 39 Vict.) CHAPTER 15.
An Act to amend the Sea Fisheries Act, 1868.
[28th May 1875]
B E it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Oyster fishery companies under control of Inspectors of Fisheries to be subject to Board of Trade.
1. Any oyster fishery company which by any local and personal Act passed since the year 1863 is in any manner made subject to the control of the Inspectors of Fisheries for the time being under ‘The Salmon Fishery Act, 1861,’ shall from and after the passing of this Act be deemed to have obtained an order under Part III. of the Sea Fisheries Act, 1868, and shall in all respects be subject to and under the control of the Board of Trade, and shall, as regards such control, be in the same position as if such company had been original grantees under an order made by the Board of Trade under the said Act and duly confirmed by Parliament; and all powers vested in such inspectors with respect to any such company shall cease.
Any provision contained in any such local and personal Act which is at variance with any provision of the Sea Fisheries Act, 1868, relating to the control or powers of the Board of Trade, is hereby repealed.
2 Powers of Board of Trade in making inquiries.
2. In making the inquiries and examination mentioned in the forty-fifth section of the Sea Fisheries Act, 1868, the Board of Trade, and any inspector appointed by them, shall have and may exercise the same powers as are by the thirty-second section of the same Act conferred on an inspector appointed by the said Board in pursuance of that section.
3 Saving.
3. Nothing in the Sea Fisheries Act, 1868, or in the schedule thereto shall be deemed to repeal or alter any of the regulations for preventing collisions at sea, contained in the schedule to the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862, or to take away or diminish the power to annul or modify any of the said regulations, and to make new regulations in addition thereto or in substitution therefor, which by the said last-mentioned Act is given to Her Majesty in Council.
4 Short title.
4. This Act may be cited as ‘TheSea...
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